Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 11, 1849
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 11, 1849
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Date:1849-03-11
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 11, 1849
action: sent
sender:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Washington D.C. DC
Place
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: ekk
revision: crb 2015-05-27
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Washington March 11, 1849
My Dearest Frances
There is no Sunday in the Courts, and
only half a Sunday at the Capitol. Everyone here goes
to Church in the morning, and then the residue of the day is
universally given up to visiting and to business. I have fallen
into the same error today, but when you come here I hope
you will be able to establish better discipline.
The notable business of the week since I came here
has been to recover my proper and just position as a Senator
the V.P.
Name: Millard Fillmore
Birth: 1800-01-07
Death: 1874-03-08
having modestly and quietly assured that he too was
a Senator of New York
Name: New York State City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
. This was modest in him, because
in the flush of the Inauguration everybody thought he was more
than a whole Senate. You can conceive how this has
embarrassed me. I have acquiesced in his assumption, and shall
continue to do so until I see the popular error corrected.
Of course he differs from me in every appointment, and we refer
the question to the Cabinet. I expect tomorrow to have a decision
on the Marshall
Yet it is unsafe to put trust in Princes.
I write on cheerfully, hoping that I shall soon
receive a letter saying that you too are well, and being cheerful
well, that you can sympathize with me.
It is quite certain that the Senate will end its session this
week and that in all the next I shall be with you. Your own Henry.
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Washington March 11, 1849
My Dearest Frances
There is no Sunday in the Courts, and
only half a Sunday at the Capitol. Everyone here goes
to Church in the morning, and then the residue of the day is
universally given up to visiting and to business. I have fallen
into the same error today, but when you come here I hope
you will be able to establish better discipline.
The notable business of the week since I came here
has been to recover my proper and just position as a Senator
the V.P.
Person
a Senator of New York
Place
in the flush of the Inauguration everybody thought he was more
than a whole Senate. You can conceive how this has
embarrassed me. I have acquiesced in his assumption, and shall
continue to do so until I see the popular error corrected.
Of course he differs from me in every appointment, and we refer
the question to the Cabinet. I expect tomorrow to have a decision
on the Marshall
Unknown
question which will go far to relieve me.Yet it is unsafe to put trust in Princes.
I write on cheerfully, hoping that I shall soon
receive a letter saying that you too are well, and being cheerful
well, that you can sympathize with me.
It is quite certain that the Senate will end its session this
week and that in all the next I shall be with you. Your own Henry.
date:
Sunday, March 11, 1849
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